NATO 8 Yaşında (NATO at 8 Years Old) (Turkish poster distributed in Turkey)
A dark blue poster marking NATO's eighth anniversary, 4 April 1949 to 4 April 1957. A white silhouette of a helmeted soldier with fixed bayonet stands before the NATO compass star, and a column of fifteen national flags runs down the right edge, beginning with Turkey's and the United States'. The tell is transfer: the soldier, the star set behind his head like a halo, and the member flags attach the alliance's symbols to the anniversary.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- April 2, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, April 2, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948775, 306-PPB-26).
Text on the object
NATO 8 Yaşında 4 NİSAN 1949 - 4 NİSAN 1957 [faint imprint, lower left:] AJANS-TÜRK MATBAASI ANKARA - 1957
NATO, at eight years old. 4 April 1949 - 4 April 1957. [Imprint:] Ajans-Türk Press, Ankara, 1957.
The imprint is faint and partly illegible.
